TY - JOUR
T1 - Traits of lizards of the world
T2 - Variation around a successful evolutionary design
AU - Meiri, Shai
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2018 John Wiley & Sons Ltd
PY - 2018/10
Y1 - 2018/10
N2 - Motivation: over the last 12 years I have been collecting trait and geographic data on lizards. These data could be useful for scientists studying this remarkable reptilian radiation. Furthermore, as published data for some of the less well known species are scarce, I hope this study can initiate a community effort to fill in data gaps. I present geographical, morphological, ecological, physiological and life history data for the 6,657 known species of lizards. I further indicate whether there are phylogenetic data associated with them, and their threat assessment, if they have one. I present descriptive statistics regarding these traits and point to avenues for future research using the dataset. Main types of variable contained: body size, ecological, thermal biology, geographic, phylogenetic and life history data. Spatial location: Global. Time period: data are for species known from living, or recently extinct species. Most underlying data were collected during the 20th and 21st centuries. Major taxa: Reptilia, Sauria (Squamata, including Amphisbaenia but excluding Serpentes). Level of measurement: species. Software format: csv.
AB - Motivation: over the last 12 years I have been collecting trait and geographic data on lizards. These data could be useful for scientists studying this remarkable reptilian radiation. Furthermore, as published data for some of the less well known species are scarce, I hope this study can initiate a community effort to fill in data gaps. I present geographical, morphological, ecological, physiological and life history data for the 6,657 known species of lizards. I further indicate whether there are phylogenetic data associated with them, and their threat assessment, if they have one. I present descriptive statistics regarding these traits and point to avenues for future research using the dataset. Main types of variable contained: body size, ecological, thermal biology, geographic, phylogenetic and life history data. Spatial location: Global. Time period: data are for species known from living, or recently extinct species. Most underlying data were collected during the 20th and 21st centuries. Major taxa: Reptilia, Sauria (Squamata, including Amphisbaenia but excluding Serpentes). Level of measurement: species. Software format: csv.
KW - Sauria
KW - distribution
KW - ecology
KW - life history
KW - morphology
KW - natural history
KW - thermal biology
KW - traits
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U2 - 10.1111/geb.12773
DO - 10.1111/geb.12773
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AN - SCOPUS:85052816112
SN - 1466-822X
VL - 27
SP - 1168
EP - 1172
JO - Global Ecology and Biogeography
JF - Global Ecology and Biogeography
IS - 10
ER -